. >> david brooks refers to the republican party as not a normal party if they won't take this deal. pretty rough language for somebody that was hired by the times to represent the republican view. he's not a conservative, but is it true that john boehner doesn't have the credibility to sell a deal to his tea party caucus the way he did the cr and the other two in the same way. maybe it's a higher bar he has to meet. >> i think he does. the issue is members of congress and the house, more than anything else want to be re-elected. >> they do? >> some of them do. i don't know if that's true. >> my point is this, having worked at the nrcc, what you see basically is three change elections in a row. people are afraid in terms of how this could all flesh out. people don't want to be for any kind of tax cut, particularly in a year how things are going to work for the party. there's concern and i think that's why you're seeing republicans so dug in. >> house republicans already have a vote that they've taken earlier this year on the ryan budget. >> they don't like it. >> and it's a vote that